Fall 2014 Anime Season

I on the other hand think it's wonderful for 75% of what, 7 billion to not have it as their thing.

Woah shit I'm being optimistic what the fuck

quick let me think of something to screw over my hopes

oh right

incomplete statistics and the method for obtaining them

That, and I might be misremembering those statistics.

There's way too many 12-Episode Anime this season.

Let's hope Fate Stay Night is a proper 24 episode anime.

Last I heard, f/sn was confirmed to be split-cour

On Girlfriend, it is the kind of show I would normally pass up, but the director/writer has me curious. The director is Naotaka Hayashi, the writer of the Steins Gate visual novel and Bravely Default. Though again, he's directing here, not writing, so who knows how that will go.

As for the series composition, it's being done by Michiko Yokote, who has done the writing of shows like Princess Tutu, Squid Girl, Genshiken, and Joshiraku, plus episode scripts of shows like Cowboy Bebop and Gintama. So maybe it'll end up being good?

It's OVER 100 GIRLS!!! Any show with OVER 100 SCHOOLGIRLS! ARGH SO MANY SCHOOLGIRLS can't be all that terribad.

HOW CAN I CHOOSE WITH ALL THESE SCHOOLGIRLS! OVER 100. YOU WILL NEVER GET TIRED OF THIS MANY SCHOOLGIRLS! SCHOOLGIRLS SCHOOLGIRLS SCHOOLGIRLS SCHOOLGIRLS!!!

That's a bad thing, though

Mind elaborating on that thought?

Bravely Default has a horrible Idiot Plot, one-dimensional characters, and ends on a giant Broken Aesop. Dunno how much of it is this guy's fault, but I have difficulty seeing being involved with that mess of a story as a positive thing

Seems to be only you who thinks that from what I've see, Hylarn.

And most people I've seen disliked the way the story ended up more than I did. Anecdotal evidence may not be the best argument here

But, uh, we're going off-topic again. Anyone who want to continue this argument should take it up through PMs

Bravely Default has an Idiot Plot, but I think a lot of that can be attributed to being stuck in game tropes where the optimal solution is always to do more, not less. Even if it makes no sense. While it does reflect badly on the writer for not tailoring the story to the medium, I don't think this defect necessarily affects how well someone can direct an anime. Frankly, he'll have to use skills that he had no possible way of using in a game, like camera angles and whatnot. So it's hard to judge.

Also, it goes without saying that an Idiot Plot makes the characters act like idiots. That could also be considered solved by changing media.

Denki-Gai no Honya-san is out! Commentary time.

- There is a horse theme.

- Opening credits: I don't know if those apples are safe to eat...

- I am glad you decided against eating it. Rare wisdom.

- Weird lady taking notes at the 18+ section: my guess is that she's gathering...er....tips to use with that special somebody.

- Oh, okay. Well that does explain the professionalism. Sounds like a pretty easy job though.

- You should probably know what BL stands for if you work in a manga store.

- It's great that you have so much in common, being ero book lovers.

- It's great that you didn't actually lick his ear.

- I think I would get the panda-deer manga recommended to me.

- That was an amazing speech. She said everything that needed to be said in so few words. Bravo.

- It looks like we will be getting a manga-writing subplot.

- Can you really blame her for throwing a tantrum?

- I don't know if they really should have tossed in the Comic Carnival scene.

Overall, seems pretty average. It was enjoyable enough that I'll keep watching since I like SOL.

I liked it. Surprisingly good. Good characters, good jokes. It was nice.

Also, does anyone know if they really toned down Yuuji's role in Grisaia? Because he was kind of the best thing in that VN.

It feels vaguely like Working! or whatsitsname with the civil servants. Better than expected.

It hasn't aired yet, so who knows. He's not in much of the promotional material, but it's not like they're going to be promoting the males to begin with. That said, I'd advise keeping expectations low

Huh, this is odd. Though Amagi Brilliant Park had been previously reported as airing today, the website says it's not airing till the 6th

Not cool. Only SHAFT has any right to last minute delays.

Because of a live volleyball game going overtime, Amaburi's timeslot got taken over, and the airdate for the first episode is pushed back all the way to Monday.

Terra Formars episode 2: Okay, the censorship in this show is just getting ridiculous.

Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken wasn't even in my watchlist but I still watched it, because, hey, 5 minutes.

For a short I think this show is really cute and has it's humor on point.

Madan No Ou To Vanadis looks promising. The MC is competent enough to earn the attention he gets and he's got a nice dynamic with the main heroine. Judging by most LNs this is a compressed adaptation, which may be unfortunate.

I enjoyed Vanadis. The fanservice isn't overbearing and the MC is competent, but not treated like a unique, beautiful flower-child whose dick is made of gold (so far, anyway). Plus, Elen looks like a great female lead.

I more or less liked it as well, but the setting, character designs and even the names are driving me up the wall. I hate it when things are so FANTASY! that it's coming out of every possible orifice in far, far too excessive quantities. One'd hope creators would've wizened up to the fact that the genre works best when spiced with a decent dose of realism to keep the more fantastical things grounded and easier to relate to.

This, Vanadis is pretty good. Though I had a laugh about how little was made of main character technically being prisoner.